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Downshift Poems - Poems about Downshift


Dreamscape
...The day has run its course The sun and moon Change shifts as stars Illuminate the sky. Deep in thought as I Comfortably rest, My holographic world Takes hold as Hypothalamus gears downshift ......

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Categories: downshift, dream, feelings, sleep, spiritual,
Form: Free verse
Minimum Wage Day
... Short money, long hours End of another minimum wage day Working class task, sweat gaze into a ceiling of glass Start of another yesterday factory pay Punch the clock ... job re......

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Categories: downshift, jobs, money, society, work,
Form: Tristich



Small Town Breakdown
...I'll run the red lights tonight. Laugh at the service engine light. Blare crowded notes, and scream until the rancor in my chest destroys the windshield. I've been driven out. Driven mad. And, I'm ......

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Categories: downshift, angst, anxiety, car, depression,
Form: Prose
Downshift
...Tonight I find myself caught within your grip My mind orbiting thoughts of what if What if I had stayed instead of skipped Would you had caught my drift What if love had poured instead of just a ......

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Categories: downshift, betrayal, sad,
Form: Prose
Hidden Heart Whispers
...stop throbbing temple blood pounded sight dim daydreamt corneas surround sharp morning light hidden heart whispers raging wan muffled souls desire stoked embers burn kiln shattered bowls ......

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Categories: downshift, life,
Form: Rhyme



61215 Tomorrow
...Life is a red light, hearts downshift Or buzz in rubber to reversing routes Kerosene engines spark rooks of roars Or quiescent brakes. As if their destination Held some Grail of hollow stature......

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Categories: downshift, life,
Form: Imagism
Trying To Get To You
...I've got stuff spread 'tween here and there I'm way over the speed limit what the state posts on the sign is too moderate, I am thinking as I downshift into low I'm not going fast enough traf......

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Categories: downshift, funnyme, me,
Form: Free verse
The Devil's Dues
...the piper makes a margin call and you pay with silver a Judas kiss placed on the lips of dreams that leave you quivering shadows stretch across the lawns the traffic lights are red thoughts r......

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Categories: downshift, introspection
Form: Verse
Long May We Run
...the engine revs as we wind it out a relationship entwined with passion and doubt we fine tune the rattles, switch out the oil long may we run, long may we run we pump in gas and take to the roa......

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Categories: downshift, introspectionmay,
Form: Verse
How To Build a Spaceship: (Or In This Case, Buy One.)
...Salesman: “Can I help you? Yes sir. Yes Sir! Well, you’ve come to the right place. Our own lineup has won awards We lift you up through time and space!” Buyer: “Why, yes, I am. That’s a f......

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Categories: downshift, fantasy, funny, parody, science
Form: Light Verse
School Morning Predawn Ride
...Roaring through the night, eyesight and headlight, all are set on bright. Dawning crisp morning, fresh air, wind bathing, warm engine stroking. Mind pictures forming, throttle hand numbing......

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Categories: downshift, adventure, school, uplifting,
Form: Free verse

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